Starting vmware in headless mode

Question

I have a centos vm and I was wondering if there is a way to turn that vm into headless mode.

I found this information on different site

If you want to run a headless VM under VMPlayer simply add the following to your vmware preferences file ($HOME/.vmware/preferences):

pref.vmplayer.exit.vmAction = "disconnect"

but I couldn't find the $HOME/.vmware/preferences directory.

Answer 1

You can start a VM in headless mode by using vmrun with the nogui flag:

vmrun start <PATH TO VM> nogui

Similarly, to later suspend machine:

vmrun suspend <PATH TO VM>

To see a list of running VMs:

vmrun list